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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was deeded in homes not to sell to Blacks. [/quote]
False[/quote]

Huh? Tons of homes in Nova had racial covenants that said they couldn’t be sold to blacks or Jews.

https://marymount.edu/blog/researchers-unveil-findings-on-history-of-housing-discrimination-in-northern-virginia/

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To be fair, the same thing was happening in parts of DC and MD too. My house in DC had racial covenants placed on it by the developer when it was originally built and sold in the 1920s. [/quote]
That’s not exactly “tons” and doesn’t explain why it was 90%+ white just a couple decades ago. [/quote]

A lot of NoVa was still empty farmland a few decades ago. It was the last part of the DMV to develop density and a small number of land owners controlled a lot of land (thus preventing earlier development). Black and Jewish communities were already settled in their long-standing communities in MD and DC when NoVa development really took off.

It has to do with history and time. For centuries, black people were trying to get out out Virginia and go north. That doesn't suddenly change when NoVa is finally forced to de facto de-segregate in the 1970s. [/quote]
There’s a place called Alexandria and historic Black neighborhoods in Fairfax. The story that you’re telling is too simplistic. [/quote]

This is factually incorrect. The demographics for Fairfax and MOCO were very similar in 1970. Fairfax was around 95.5% white and 3.5% Black.  Montgomery County was around 94.5% white and around 4% Black. Fast forward to today and Fairfax is 47% white, 10% Black, 16% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 7% multiracial & other groups. MOCO is 41% white, 18% Black, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial & other groups. The starting conditions for these two counties (in 1970) explains almost none of the differences in demographics today. Many Other factors (including random chance) and the geographical concentration of culturally specific amenities explain why demographics have diverged since then. [/quote]

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